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Criterion
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Purposedifferent
When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
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MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage4-5 Tage1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
50+5-8Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
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QuantitativeResearchValidation
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix